The author of the text is a Russian YouTube personality who is reading and discussing his old correspondence with girls from when he was in 8th and 9th grade (about 15-16 years old). He's laughing at his own immaturity and naivety, while also showing that his personality and sense of humor have remained relatively consistent over time. Throughout the text, he shares various stories and anecdotes about his attempts to charm and win over girls, often using cheesy one-liners and humor. The author also touches on themes of adulthood, relationships, and growing up, noting that many of his friends have moved on to get married and have children, while he still feels like a child himself.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The speaker is reading old correspondence from 8-9 years ago.
2. The speaker was 15-16 years old at the time of the correspondence.
3. The speaker is discussing their interactions with girls from their class.
4. One of the girls had refused to dance with the speaker at a school disco.
5. The speaker had sent anonymous messages to the girl, who later discovered it was them.
6. The speaker worked on a construction site as a schoolboy and earned a significant amount of money.
7. The speaker's monthly salary was equivalent to around 60,000 rubles.
8. The speaker had a principle that without money, girls are not interested in you.
9. The speaker had a friend named Valik, whose girlfriend tried to make peace with him through the speaker.
10. The speaker had requested two packs of crackers and 2 liters of Sprite as a bribe to help his friend's girlfriend.
11. The concept of trolling did not exist at the time of the correspondence.
12. VKontakte, a social media platform, had a feature called "the wall" where users could write messages to each other.
13. Pavel Durov, the founder of VKontakte, removed the wall feature and introduced a microblog.
14. The speaker's friends are now married and have children, but the speaker still feels like a child.
15. The speaker is interested in playing video games and making jokes.